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W. STRATTON.

Gas Retort. No. 24,670. Patented July 5,1859.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM STRATTON, .OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

GAS-RETORT.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 24,670, dated July 5, 1859.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVILLIAM STRATTON, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Gas- Retorts; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of thisspecification, of which Figure 1 is an end View of a D retort, showingan upright partition connecting the floor and arched portion of theretort. Fig. 2 is a side view in section with a portion of the archremoved to show the partition. Fig. 3 is a horizontal view showing thefloor of the retort; Figs. 4 and 5. plans of the end for closing theretort. one of them, viz. Fig. 4; has the rim for holding the lute withtwo nicks a, a for the purpose of allowing the edge of the partition toenter the rim.

The improvement I have made in gas retorts now in general use viz. in Dretorts, consists in the introduction of an upright partition B whichextends from the front to near the end of the retort. This partitionbeing connected with the floor and arch of the retort gives greatadditional strength and durability to parts of the retort most liable togive out, while it serves all the purposes of a separate chamber forsubjecting the gases from the material placed on one side of thepartition to a further heating in its passage to the exit pipe (0)placed on the opposite side of the partition near the front of theretort. The partition B, does not extend the whole length of the retort.but allows the gas to pass its rear end.

A, indicates the floor and E the arch of the retort.

In the D retort commonly in use the rear end is closed, but from thestrength given by the partition of my to construct it with both endsopen, thus giving facility in building by which the cost of the retortis reduced. By preserving a free outlet, and not clogging the gas bypassing it throughsmall chambers, &c., it is not retained in the retortso long as to destroy its illuminating properties; and should it bedesirable to present it to a purifying material (for instance lime) saidmaterial may be placed in the empty side of the chamber of the retortfor that purpose, and can be drawn from it with facility on openingeither of the heads of the retort.

Having described my improvement in gas retorts what I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is- The employment ofan upright partition B dividing the D retort into chambers in the mannerand for the purposes substantially as set forth in the foregoingspecification.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name before two witnesses.

IVILLIAM STRATTON.

\Vitnesses I. C. CHAMPION, SAMUEL C. OGLE.

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